STORMS AND FLOODS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21538, 9 January 1932, Page 10

STORMS AND FLOODS

WEATHER IN ENGLAND THE SKIES NOW CLEAR. (British Official Wireless.) (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) RUGBY, January 7. (Received Jan. 8, at 5.5 p.m.) The tempestuous weather during which gusts reaching 82 miles an hour were registered at Falmouth, moderated last night and vessels which had sought shelter were able to resume their voyages. The skies are now clear, with a gentle breeze and a slight sea. This morning the cruisers Norfolk, Dorsetshire and Exeter left Plymouth for the West Indies, further postponement of the spring cruise of the Atlantic Fleet being unnecessary. Although many vessels were temporarily disabled in the English Channel during the storm adequate assistance was forthcoming in all cases. The battleship Royal Sovereign and the cruiser Exeter, together with the Plymouth lifeboats, for some hours stood by a steamer which lost her propeller near Eddystone Lighthouse. They were recalled when the storms ceased. When the liner Kajputana arrived Mr Lloyd George said that they had had a pretty good dusting during the storm, but the passengers escaped without injury. Otherwise it was a delightful voyage. Much damage was done by floods yesterday in many areas. Roads were submerged and rivers overflowed their hanks, particularly in north-western England. An extensive landslide occurred on the Shefficld-Manchester road over the Pennines. In South Wales many farms are isolated owing to floods and the railway traffic in some centres has been interrupted.